In this interview with SmallCapPower at Mines and Money London 2017, Amanda Van Dyke, fund manager at Peterhouse Asset Management, shares what she believes is the best point in the commodity cycle to invest in a mining stock in order to gain the most profit. She also tells us how she evaluates a mining company to decide whether or not to invest, and why one particular condition is so important to her. Hear more of her mining stock investing advice by watching this video interview.

Interview with President and CEO, Paul Huet. BTV crews travel to the "Silver State" of Nevada, where this gold exploration and development company has proven grades that could make it the state's next gold producer.
Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; OTCQX: KLNDF) is primarily engaged in the surface and underground exploration and development of its 100% owned Fire Creek gold property in North Central Nevada. Fire Creek is strategically located between the past producing Mule Canyon Mine to the north and the world-class Pipeline and Cortez gold deposits to the south. The property comprises 11,208 acres (17.5 square miles) and is readily accessible via Federal and state roads with close access to the electrical power grid.
Klondex's secondary focus is acquiring, exploring and developing other gold and silver properties in Nevada. Currently Klondex has three other gold exploration properties, and it reviews and considers other projects for inclusion.
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JSE-listed gold major Harmony has given guidance that it will produce 1,7-million ounces of gold in its 2011 financial year as its suite of new gold projects ramp up - and sprung a surprise that the life of Joel gold mine may double.

Glen Parsons, Mariana Resources, says it is ‘in a very fortunate with so much cash’ on its books. Glen talks about ‘unlocking’ shareholder value from its flagship Hot Maden asset in Turkey and Mariana as a possible takeover target.
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Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp explains why he’s still bearish on the junior resource sector yet remains hopeful for the price of gold. He also provides some advice on picking the best junior mining stocks and offers up a few of his favourite names, including a gold explorer/developer with a potential uranium spin out.

Shares in Sundance Resources and Bannerman Resources plunged after the corporate regulator ASIC launched an insider trading investigation into private Chinese company Hanlong, which hopes to buy them both.

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Ian Stalker, CEO Brazilian Gold (TSX-V:BGC), tells Proactiveinvestors that the company is pushing forward its São Jorge project to a target production date of 2015. He explains that the company has a resource base of 3mln oz, but potential to get to 5mln oz of gold "in a relatively short period of time". Ian says that the next stage is the completion of the study on São Jorge which will allow investors to see how much growth there is to be expected.

Environmental activists are saying President Obama's nominee to oversee the nation's coal mines leaves much to be desired.
Jan Jarrett, president of the state environmental nonprofit PennFuture, in a letter to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wrote that as Pennsylvania's top environmental official for mining since 2002, Joseph G. Pizarchik rarely sided with interest groups organizing against the mining companies.

Beacon Securities’ Mike Bandrowski comments on NewCastle Gold (NCA:TSX.V). Giving a gold mine a new lease on life is the former CEO of a $3 billion dollar mid-tier gold producer.
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Albert Mining Inc (CVE:AIIM) (OTCMKTS:MJXFF) (FRA:L7C2) is a pure project generator using AI and data to locate potential discoveries. Director André Larente describes the company’s technology platform and its pivot to an asset ownership model. Albert Mining uses legacy data sets and its proprietary software to analyze mining data using AI. This proven technology has already led to 27 discoveries of resources such as silver, gold, nickel, zinc, and lead. Using this technology to pinpoint deposits reduces project territory sites by 95 percent. Initially, Albert Mining operated as a service company. Analyzing customer data, Albert Mining would then supply those customers with data targets. In what Larente calls a “rebirth of the company,” Albert Mining now earns an ownership percentage of the evaluated assets. As a result, the company’s profitability is significantly higher than it was under its the previous service model.
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One new featured company which I will be following in 2014 is a classic takeover target as they have one of the highest grade advanced stage gold projects in Quebec. Integra Gold (ICG.V or KALRF) has a high grade resource that they just published a very positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) that sits right in the heart of Val d'Or.
It is located in the same district as Osisko's 10 Million gold ounce Malartic Project which is currently under acquisition by Goldcorp. Integra's Lamaque Project sits near Agnico Eagle's 1.6 Million Ounce Goldex Mine.
With the recent PEA on Integra's Lamaque Project published I expect some of the majors to show interest in the exceptional high grade gold project with impressive economics. At a base case of $1275 gold, Integra showed an IRR of 51% and a payback of 1.5 years with an NPV of $146 million. This PEA is a major milestone as it shows strong financial returns with quick payback at a relatively low capex.
It must be noted the resource has the potential to grow. Integra has four exploration drills turning on the property as this is written. In addition Integra has 30k meters of drilling already completed and 10k meters pending that has not been added to the 2013 resource or factored into this PEA.
One of the most important decisions in investing in a development company is to study the infrastructure and local community support.
Its great to have high grade and fantastic metallurgy but what about the infrastructure and skilled local labor force? Integra's Lamaque Project is located within 3 km of the city of Val d'Or, Quebec. Val d'Or is a mining community with over 35k people. There is a high level of expertise in underground gold mining. Miners can live and work in the same community which is a major benefit given the fact that it is rare in the industry.
The Lamaque Project is within 200 m of the Trans Canada Highway. The land where the project is located has no homes or businesses which would require relocation. Over the past six months, Integra has been proactive in building a relationship with local community by participating in 25 private and public meeting with stakeholders. The company is encouraged by the support of the local community and is already commencing environmental studies.
Quebec was ranked #11 by Fraser Institute as a mining friendly jurisdiction. Despite the weak junior market, Integra has been able to raise money and attract equity interest from Shandong Gold Group, a $4.7 billion dollar gold producer who owns 5% of Integra. Over 20k meters are expected to be drilled in the first half of 2014. I expect the new date will confirm continuity of mineralization and we may actually see additional high grade discoveries. This is a mine that could produce over 100k ounces a year with very positive economics with a quick payback and low capex.
Look for Integra to find support under $.30 possibly at the 50 day moving average. Notice the large volume accumulation in 2014 signifying major buying.
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From Colonizing Zambia, China Targets Kariba Dam Takeover. This video servers as new to inform on the Politics of our Country and its Challenges. In this video i share my opinions and it does not contain any Hate Speech, No offence is intended but just giving the truth and facts as they are

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Shares in Harmony Gold Mining soared over 10 percent to a 21-month high after an investment research note suggested the company could be a takeover target. ABN's Eleni Giokos speaks with Peter Major at Cadiz Corporate Solutions and Nicholas Sorour from Sasfin Securitities.

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Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG) has been very busy this summer exploring its world class San Miguel Project which completely encompasses one of the top operating silver mines in the world operated by Coeur D'Alene.
Paramount's San Miguel Property is located in The Sierra Madre Gold-Silver Belt. This area of the world is attracting major interest from the big boy miners such as Pan American Silver, Goldcorp, Agnico Eagle Mines, Alamos Gold, Argonaut Gold and the world's richest man Carlos Slim's Minera Frisco who recently acquired the 4.6 million ounce Ocampo Mine.
Paramount's high grade 3.3 million ounces are extremely desired by the major players especially their next door neighbor Coeur D'alene. When this market turns I believe Paramount could be one of the best takeover targets for a major looking to expand in one of the best and low cost areas to mine in the world.
Paramount's San Miguel already has a published Preliminary Economic Assessment which showed an asset highly competitive and arguably more economic than some of the other miners that were acquired or are currently producing in the Sierra Madre Belt. The PEA at San Miguel showed an impressive average gold equivalent grade of 3.18 g/t and positive metallurgical recoveries of over 90% for the gold open pit and 80% for the silver open pit. Even in a lower gold case scenario the mine would be economic with a 24.5% IRR at $1300 gold and $25 silver. Cash costs are around $513 at that level.
In addition, there is a lot of potential to improve these numbers in the near term. Paramount has not yet updated the numbers with the more than 50 drill holes from the high grade Don Ese Vein. Several zones are being expanded and the new resource update will take into account these high grade intercepts, which should garner the attention of the smart major miners or billionaires like Carlos Slim.
In addition to San Miguel, Paramount controls the famous Sleeper Gold-Silver Mine three hours from Reno, NV near Winnemucca. I had the pleasure to visit the property a couple of weeks ago with some other strategic investors.
The Sleeper Project impressed me with its infrastructure as it has gravel roads, a flat terrain and power lines running through the property. The market is not valuing Paramount's Sleeper Project at all, however they soon may be aroused from their slumber. The best time to buy a mine is when the market is asleep.
Paramount controls approximately 30 square miles surrounding the historic Sleeper Pit which began production in 1986 and ended in 1996. Sleeper produced 2.3 million ounces of silver and 1.6 million ounces of gold.
Currently, Paramount has defined a massive NI 43-101 inferred resource of over 5 million ounces of gold and 61 million ounces of silver. The basic infrastructure is there such as a gravel road and connection to the electrical power grid and all weather highways. Sleeper is near the city of Winnemucca which has an available labor pool of experienced mine operators.
The Sleeper Mine has a great history. When it first opened it produced gold at less than $60 per ounce making it one of lowest cost mines in the world at that time. Armed guards had to stand in the pit to guard against theft as there was high grade visible gold nuggets. In the picture I am standing on top of the Sleeper Pit which was mined for a decade.
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Soldiers of Fortune (2000) - Mercenaries, allegedly working for the Sierra Leone government, have been charged with defeating RUF rebels - but blood diamonds might be their true goal.
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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Ben Magara, the CEO of embattled mining company Lonmin, on Monday made an impassioned plea for authorities to approve the company’s consolidation plans with Sibanye-Stillwater as soon as possible, as these will generate R1.5-billion in synergies and save 12 600 vitally needed jobs.

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Atlas is an independent Australian iron ore company, mining and exporting Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) from its operations in the Northern Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Atlas has grown rapidly since its listing in late 2004 and is now a member of the ASX100 index. The company recently announced that the new Mt Dove mine site will be commissioned towards year end and another mine at Mt Webber will be brought on-stream in late 2013 taking production the following year to 12Mtpa capacity.

First quarter results out from Harmony Gold Mining this morning show a 6% rise in total gold production for the three months to September. And the group says it's on track to meet its annual production target. But at the same time, an 11% rise in cash operating costs put pressure on the bottom line. Here to tell us more is Graham Briggs, CEO of Harmony.

The BLM along with the Utah Division of Oil Gas and Mining as directed by the Office of Surface Mining joined up with the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in 2008 to attempt to destroy any and all mining history in Kane County. Kane County Commissioner Mark Habbeshaw and Rep. Mike Noel took the time to understand what was happening and have delayed these closures. However, the areas are still in jeopardy. This is a small inventory of the sites on the south end of the County, not including the Montezuma Tunnels in Johnsons Canyon. If you visit these sites, please be respectful and leave everything as you find it. This includes relics and any artifacts you may come across; the Antiquities Act of 1906 makes it a federal crime to move or disturb any relics or artifacts that could be of historical significance.
Since 2004, Gold Rush Expeditions has been working to save these historic sites as a part of Utahs heritage. Unfortunately, the state is against us, Utahs Governor, John Huntsman, Jr. does not think these sites deserve saving. His office has been contacted numerous times and still the destruction continues. Additionally, the BLM, and the Office of Surface Mining has disregarded our arguments. Please take a moment to help us save Utahs mining heritage, visit our website at www.goldrushexpeditions.com and click on the "Action Items" to send an email to all of the interested parties with one simple click.

August 15, 2013 - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources held a public hearing on Gogebic Taconite's Bulk Sampling Permit application and their pre-application notice. Barbara With put this decision in the greater context of the political climate in Wisconsin.

Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928), known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of September 2014, Pickens has a net worth of $1 billion.
Pickens was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, the son of Grace (née Molonson) and Thomas Boone Pickens. His father worked as an oil and mineral landman (rights leaser). During World War II, his mother ran the local Office of Price Administration, rationing gasoline and other goods in three counties.[2] Pickens was the first child born via Caesarean section in the history of Holdenville hospital.[3]
At age 12, Pickens delivered newspapers. He quickly expanded his paper route from 28 papers to 156.[4] Pickens later cited his boyhood job as an early introduction to "expanding quickly by acquisition", a business practice he favored later in life.[4]
When the oil boom in Oklahoma ended in the late 1930s, Pickens' family moved to Amarillo, Texas.[4] Pickens never served in the military[4] but instead attended Texas A&M on a basketball scholarship, but he lost the scholarship[4] and transferred to Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University), where he majored in geology. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He graduated from Oklahoma A&M with a degree in geology in 1951. Following his graduation, Pickens was employed by Phillips Petroleum. He worked for Phillips until 1954.[5] In 1956, following his period as a wildcatter, he founded the company that would later become Mesa Petroleum.
By 1981, Mesa had grown into one of the largest independent oil companies in the world. Pickens led Mesa's first major acquisition, a takeover of the Hugoton Production Company, which was 30 times the size of Mesa.[6] He then shifted his focus to acquiring other oil and gas companies by making solicited and unsolicited buyout bids and other merger and acquisition activity.
Pickens' corporate acquisitions made him a celebrity during the 1980s, an era of vigorous and extensively reported takeover activity. His most publicized deals included attempted buyouts of Cities Service, Gulf Oil, Phillips Petroleum, and Unocal.[7] It was during this period that Pickens led Mesa's successful acquisitions of Pioneer Petroleum and the mid-continent assets of Tenneco.
These as well as other deals placed Pickens at the center of controversy during the 1980s. His celebrity rose so quickly after the Gulf Oil takeover bid that Time magazine[8] put Pickens on the cover for the March 1985 issue. He briefly considered running for president in the 1988 elections.[9] During this period, he was often characterized as a corporate raider and greenmailer. This is due to the fact that many of his deals were not completed, although Pickens and the shareholders he represented received substantial profits through the eventual sale of their stock as a result. His later takeover targets included Newmont Mining, a New York-based firm, Diamond Shamrock, and Koito Mfg., Ltd., a Japanese auto-parts manufacturer, making substantial gains in the process.[10] He was also involved in the creation of the United Shareholders Association (USA), which from 1986–1993 attempted to influence the governance of several large companies. After nearly two years of periodic hearing and debate, in July 1998 the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 4–1 to approve a one-share, one-vote rule, a primary USA objective.
On the local level, Pickens chaired the Board of Regents of West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) in Canyon and in 1987–1988 contributed to the restoration of the administration building known as "Old Main". He was also active in the Republican Party in Potter County. Pickens organized a campaign in the mid-1980s against the Amarillo Globe-News newspaper, for what he claimed was inaccurate reporting about his deals and Mesa. Although the newspaper owner, Morris Communications, replaced its publisher twice during the conflict, Pickens' attempts to have the paper change its editorial policy failed. Shortly thereafter, in 1989, Pickens and Mesa moved to a suburb of Dallas.[10] Pickens sold Mesa to Richard Rainwater in 1996.[11] Mesa merged with Parker & Parsley Petroleum in 1997 to form Pioneer Natural Resources.[12]
In 1997, Pickens founded BP Capital Management (then called BP Energy Fund) — the initials standing for "Boone Pickens" and not related to British Petroleum. He holds a 46% interest in the company which runs two hedge funds, Capital Commodity and Capital Equity, both of which invest primarily in traditional energy companies such as oil, natural gas, and nuclear power corporations like Halliburton, Schlumberger, and Shaw Group.
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Dave Garofalo, Goldcorp's President & CEO, provides an overview on the company's 20/20/20 targets to increase net asset value per share. In 2017, Goldcorp announced its ambitious five year growth program to drive increasing net asset value per share. The program is expected to deliver a 20% increase in production, a 20% increase in gold reserves and a 20% decrease in all-in sustaining costs over the next five years. To watch the CFO's video click here: https://youtu.be/3SQKEd-_EbU, COO's video https://youtu.be/y8LkPyU0PY4, and SVP Exploration's video: https://youtu.be/6L4eWeuAa5E.

Steve Johnson, CIO of Intelligent Investor Funds says that they are investing in the theme of US commercial property trusts, which are trading well below fair value and could be potential takeover targets. They "listed in the REIT bubble leading up to the GFC" and have "been left stranded here in Australia, no-one's interested in them. We own one called RNY Property Trust, it's a bunch of commercial property around Manhattan. These things trade at 8.5% Cap-rates. So you can borrow money in the US at 3% and you can buy yourself an office property that yields you 8% on an 80% occupancy rate. Now if the economy improves, employment improves, that occupancy goes up. We think there's a 20-30% improvement at a gross asset level and we're buying it at a massive discount to its NTA here in Australia." Johnson says this theme has a way to run as the US economy improves.
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Creamer Media's Resources Watch highlights some major events that took place during the year.
Exxaro renewable energy bids (RW 87)
South Africa's second-largest coal miner Exxaro Resources is moving ahead with plans to generate clean energy.
Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi
Patrice Motsepe on ANC documents on mining tax (RW 88)
The super tax proposed in the African National Congress's nationalisation-rejecting study earlier this year isn't good for mining, says African Rainbow Minerals executive chairperson Patrice Motsepe.
ARM executive chairperson Patrice Motsepe
RBPlat calls for Lonmin commission of enquiry (RW 109)
Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri called for the judicial commission of enquiry into the Lonmin killings to have the broadest possible terms of reference.
Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri
Social obligations render SA less competitive (RW 110)
DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius believes high Australia-level mining taxes are more preferable to the fuzzy, indeterminable social obligations imposed on South African mining companies.
DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius
Investors drive the gold market (RW 93)
The changing dynamics of the gold market over the past ten years have led to an active investor-driven market, says precious metals consultancy Thomson Reuters GFMS global head of precious metals Paul Walker.
Thomson Reuters GFMS global head of precious metals Paul Walker
Sasol opens new coal shaft in Mpumalanga (RW 98)
Fuel-from-coal producer Sasol Mining's new R3.5-billion Thubelisha shaft at the Twistdraai colliery, in Mpumalanga, was officially opened in mid-May by Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu.
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu
Keaton Energy pursues coal growth (RW 99)
JSE-listed coal miner Keaton Energy, which now has a 2.7-million-ton-a-year coal production platform in place across two operations, is vigorously pursuing organic and acquisitive growth in order to hit its new five-million-ton-a-year stretch target.
Keaton MD Paul Miller
Booysen Bore Drilling (RW 102)
Rock drilling equipment manufacturer Mincon, in association with truck manufacturer Western Star Trucks, has handed over a 35 ton custom-built 4900 series Western Star truck to Booysen Bore Drilling Company.
Western Star Trucks product manager Duncan Prince
Amplats tests a fuel cell-powered locomotive (RW 96)
Anglo American Platinum has launched the first of five fuel cell-powered locomotive prototypes to be tested at its mining operations in South Africa. The first locomotive will be surface tested over the next few months at the company's Khomanani mine, in Rustenburg, to establish the viability of commercialisation.
Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll
Glencore tells Xstrata investors its bid is final (RW 112)
Commodities trader Glencore laid out what it said was a final $36-billion takeover offer for Xstrata in early September, warning the miner's investors it wouldn't improve the terms again after making concessions to entice recalcitrant shareholders.
Credit: Edward Baran from Reuters reports
That's a roundup of some of the headline makers for 2012. Stay logged on to MiningWeekly.com to see which markets will steal the show in the coming year.

The FEDs are on the offensive once again - the target - BUNDY RANCH. We knew it wouldn’t be long after the Bureau of Land Management’s embarrassing retreat for them to regroup and return with a new strategy. The new battlefield, Instead armed troopers, they’re coming at Bundy with pen and paper. Administrative tactics, intended to pry the land away from the people of Nevada.
Before we get deeper into that, here’s the backstory. In April we brought you the story about on the Bundy Ranch Federal Seige in Southern Nevada - a battle that had been raging for decades - a battle between the Federal government, and ranch owner Cliven Bundy.
It all started years ago, when the Bureau of Land Management was established. Before that, cowboys and ranch hands were free to graze their cattle all over private property. Once the BLM came along, they decided to start imposing a tax for private ranches to be able to graze on open lands. Because the Bundy family had been feeding their cattle on those lands for years without a tax, they disputed the demands, calling it unnecessary.
To be clear, the Bundy’s don’t OWN the land, it’s actually owned by the STATE. But when the Feds came in and encroached on the land, it raised debates about the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment says, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
There it is, right in the Constitution, clear language saying the State OR the People have the power to govern and control anything not assigned to the Federal Government in the Constitution. But when the Feds showed up, they not only demanded the land, they also killed thousands of dollars worth of Bundy’s cattle, burying them in mass graves. Outraged by the encroachment and forced takeover, Bundy and hundreds of other locals showed up and blocked their path. After a long standoff, the Feds went home defeated.
Now, they’re back, with a new strategy. This time, calling 33 parcels of land, that contain nearly 2 million acres of Nevada of land “Areas of Critical Concern.” Bundy’s calling it a move of retaliation, several months after the Feds retreated..
But don’t count the Bundy family out just yet. When they learned of this new subtle attack by the Feds, they released this statement:
“We are not intimidated by the past action of the federal government, nor will we yield to their future attempt to subdue the State or the people. We refuse to submit to unconstitutional codes and regulation that dismantle Statehood and deprived our American neighbors and ourselves of the unalienable right so many of our kinsmen suffered and died for.”
So it looks like now the Bundys are calling their own “Critical Concerns”, on the administrative tactics, they claim, are stripping the people of Nevada their land.
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